Baby swing



l. A. WRYE.

BABY SWING.

APPLICATIQN min Dsc. s. 1920.l

Pateted Apr. 25, 1922.

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' Baby Swings, of which thefollowing isrespectively in the retainer andseat mem' yBe it knownthatl, JOHN VVRYE, a citizenrof the United States`of America,

residing at Argyle, in `the county of Washington and State of New York,have in# vented new. and useful Improvements in a specification.

Theobject of the invention is to` provide a simple and relativelyinexpensive swing adapted for nursery and household use and designedwhile affording a table for the support of toys for the amusement of theoccupant of the swing to eifectu'ally prevent the loccupant fromeffecting its re lease and thus'incurring the risk of injury, the meansof retainingI the infant in `proper position upon the seat being such,however, as to facilitate removal therefromrwhen the apparatus isproperly manipulated; and with this object in viewthe invention consistsin a construction and combination of parts of which a preferredembodiment is shown in the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspectiveview `of the swing.

' Figure 2 is a detail viewof one ofgtlfle table or .retainer members. lY A f Figure '3 is a; sectional view on the plane indicated by the line3-3 of Figure 1.'

The device consists essentially of a basev or seat 10 which may be ofone Vpiece `construction, a table or retainer member 11 arranged at asuitable interval from and above the seat member and held in substantialparallelism therewith by interposed spacing tubes 12 constitutingstandards, and looped'suspending cords 13 intermediately secured tosupporting rings 11 Yand terminally extending throughsaid spacing tubesand registering openings formed bersand knotted as shown at 15 below theplane of the seat member. Y Y

The retaining or table member 11 isV provided with a central opening 16of a suiiicient diameter to receivejand vembrace the body of the infantseated uponV the base or seat member 10 and preferably comprisesseparable elements 11a and 11b each of which is of an area approximatelyequal to 17 extending beyond the inner edge of the y K specificatiesfQfLtters raient.

Claimed as .new and useful is p 1. A swing havingr parallel spacedsea-ty Y, .Q Y and retaining members and interposedjspac-A f element andprovided with terminal open.-w ings 17a which register with the cordope`n-l ings in the other element, the arms of ,one elementflying inContact' with the upperlsuratented A131225, .1922. Application iiledDecember 3, 1920. Serial No."427,960. i i 'i' 6()` face of the otherelement and the arms of? f Y the second' named element'lying in contactyi withthe under surface of the rst named,

Y element as will be seen clearly by reference l. K

edge to follow the direction of the portions of the suspending cordswhich pass therethrough. When the sections or elements of the retainingmember are in their normal position indicated in full lines @in Figures1 and 3 they areV ei'ectually'fheldby the tension of *the cords due tothe weight of the occupant, the resistance'- offered to movementofeither of said lsec- `j tions or elements being sufficient topreventthe child occupying the swing fromeffecting its release; but by exertingsufcient upward j i pressure upon the' free' 'or outer edge of' ,l oneof the sections or elements, or in other 85..

wordsv that. section or element of which the Y arms extend overtheupperl surface ofthe other section orelement, the desired deiiection maybe eected to permit the4 child to be,V -removed or replaced. When inthenormal or retainingA position the sectional member constitutes aconvenient table or support for toys; or other articles for vtheamusement of the occupant of the swing.

Having described the invention, what is 95.,

ing standards, an-d suspending cords extending from the upper ends ofsaid standards f and through guide openings in the upper` or ,retaining`member, said retaining mem` A ber being provlded lwith `aninte'rmedlatel I opening for the body of the Voccupant of the swing andconsisting Vof sections ,or-

elements meeting on a transverse line linterseating said opening andrespectively rovided with armsv extending,beyondl 't veir plementarysection or member.

2. A swing having parallel seat and re?V ing cords extending throughsaid standards and vregistering openings respectively in thev seat andretaining Inembers,the retain# ing member having an intermediate openf,

inner edges and provided Witi terminall cord receiving openingsi Y 3; A,swing having parallel seat and retaining` members and interposedvspacing standards, and suspending cords upon ywhich the retaining memberis threaded for having .an intermediate opening for the rel'ception ofthe body of the occupant of the seatmember and consisting of sections orelements jointed on a transversev line intersecting said opening andprovided with inwardly extending arms arranged in over-- lappingrelation with the complementary section or element, said arms being pro#vided with terminal opening for receiving tliesuspending cords.

In testimony whereof nature.

- JOHN A. WRYEt he aHiXes his rsig-

